Recent content by randyripoff

OKay, thanks.

I want to say that I read somewhere that if you build a city on a square that that square is automatically improved. So, for instance,if you build a city on a jungle or swamp square, the terrain is irrigated. Is this true?

So, I'm playing MGE on Windows 8.1 with the Civ2UIA installed. Since I'm on a laptop, there's no numeric keypad, so I'm using my mouse to move. For the most art its fine, but I'm noticing some odd behavior with ships. Sometimes when I click on a square and tell the ship to move, instead of just...

That was it!. Thank you[!

So I have Civ2 MGE working on Windows 8.1. However, I can't see the save files anywhere. I can see them from within the game, but not in Windows Explorer or via the command line. Any tho[ughts as to why? Saving and loading works just fine, but I'd like to be able to delete the old saves.

Engineers...lots and lots of engineers. You can order them to clean up pollution.

One of the things I love about Civ II is that there's really not that much of an advantage in terms of taking one civilization over another. You're not pigeonholed into taking a specific civilization for any reason other than you like it. That was an "improvement" I didn't care for with Civ III.

Thanks. That will be very helpful in choosing trading partners.

Engineers.

In the trade advisor screen, when you click 'Supply and Demand', there are numbers next to the cities that desire the goods you're shipping. What do those numbers mean?

I find it really interesting how many people are down on the Great Library. Sure, I know that at Warlord level it isn't as vital as it might be at a higher level, but I build it if for no other reason than to keep the other Civs from getting it. I don't mind trading tech early in the game...

Yes, sorry, I figured it out now. This should make things more interesting in the future.

I'm a little confused. What's the effect of trade on science research?

I've been playing this game for about six years now, and I've just begun playing at Prince level (I know, I'm not very good :) ). I have a question--what affects the speed of research in the early game, prior to gaining libraries? Sometimes, it seems as though my research is ridiculously fast...

I usually play an island-based game, but I tend to be and isolationist/perfectionist. I'll generally build one trireme to start with (along with Lighthouse, of course) for exploration, then I won't build anything else until Ironclads are available. By the end of the game (spaceship conquest)...